Swine news - Management

The 28th IPVS Congress will be held from June 16-19, 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Memorandum of Understanding establishes a framework for notification, consultation, and coordination among APHIS, USDA’s General Counsel, and ENRD.

The EU-funded project ‘WelFarmers’, involving 17 partners from 8 European countries, will award farms with best practices in animal welfare and disseminate the results.

The broad majority have agreed on 31 initiatives in Denmark's first animal welfare agreement.

This will form the basis for Denmark's first animal welfare agreement.

The new public geostatistical information tool facilitates strategic decision-making and benefits the country's agricultural and livestock health.

The Commission has proposed the biggest reform of EU animal welfare rules during transport in 20 years.

The aim is to combat the overpopulation of wild boar, an exotic, invasive species with no natural predators, which has caused damage to farming.

United Kingdom pig producers can now become accredited to export to California under the US state's new Proposition 12 regulations.

Protecting the welfare of animals is essential for Europeans, as shown by the results of a Eurobarometer survey published today.

The North American Meat Institute has published its second annual report on the evolution of the U.S. meat sector in areas of continuous improvement.

August saw the highest monthly profit so far this year.

The European Commission will propose a revision of animal welfare standards in the second half of 2023.

The Borchert Commission was established in 2019 and, in August 2023, decided to end its work.

Slaughterhouses must have a video surveillance system that will allow for additional animal welfare checks.

Representatives of public and private institutions met to reactivate the National Council for Animal Protection and Welfare, chaired by the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), and to define a road map with concrete actions.

Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, and Cordoba continue to account for more than 80% of the country's slaughter.

New research examines the question of how keeping pigs without tail docking can be made possible.

A new study shows that seven out of ten Danes pay attention to animal welfare when they buy food.

USDA is taking action to ensure the integrity of animal-raising claims for meat and poultry labels.

This affects movements longer than 8 hours of equids and domestic bovine, ovine, caprine, and porcine animals.

Copa and Cogeca have commissioned the first comprehensive report to better understand the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the concept popularized by the European citizens' initiative "End the Cage Age".

Animal welfare to be enhanced with launch of the Animal Sentience Committee and consultation on penalty notices.

California’s Proposition 12 bans the sale of pork in the state from hogs born to sows that weren’t raised according to the state’s production standards.